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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
6
A guide to selecting draft horses by weight and quality and a crop of farm tips. Manners for judging feet, pasterns, and nerves, plus detailed plant and poultry advice from early 1900s farm columns. Emphasizes feet, structure, and grooming for draft and express horses, then beans, beets, corn, and poultry care.
A report from Indiana Farmer notes that setting tomato plants early yields earlier ripening and better prices. It compares patches on old strawberry beds and two-week staggered plantings, finding soil richness and ground type influence yields and fruit size, with early frost ending the season and wine-like ripening on rich soil.
The German labor paper Reichsarbeitsblatt published comparative infant mortality statistics for under one year olds across seven leading nations. Germany shows 28 percent, Austria 34.5, Great Britain 26.6, Switzerland 25.8, United States 19.2, and France 15 percent. averages for 1901 and 1902 are noted.
State geologist rank Walder reports widespread cement deposits across Iowa as demand grows for cement brick buildings. Geologist Bain led much of the field work with US Geological Survey support. a fuller study by Prof. Byers is in preparation and not due for two years.
Trank Stevens drowned in a pond near Oskatoosa after boys joked at the water edge. He cried for help but no one noticed until he went under beyond his depth. icemen and companions delayed aid, leading to a fatal outcome in a grim prank.
A jumble of local items reports sewer issues in Abilitionu Monticella, youth basketball reform in Dow, livestock dies from disease near Hinson, a Dougherty race track venture, a deep Ackley well with no water, and a July Fourth church event in So Jon. Also tallies Dickinson county census, Silk wrappers near Webster City, a Vite girl attack near Burlington, a Wy lis barn fire with five horses dead, Hamilton county population shift, typhoid death in Jackson county, and a newborn infant found in a Burlington river valise.
Reports from Stockholm and Oslo outline the dethronement of King Oscar and the proposed regency under Eugene Napoleon Nicolas, as Norway and Sweden move to end their union amid political strife. Dissolution follows long absences and veto disputes over separate constitutional reform, with catalysts including royal discord and popular sentiment.
The weekly weather bulletin shows floods and cutworms harming corn while wheat fares better. Regions from the Rocky Mountains to the central valleys report favorable conditions, but New England, the Ohio valley, and portions of the South see low temperatures, excess moisture, or drought delaying planting and harvest.
A Kentucky pastor famed as a feud breaker directed his own funeral from beyond the grave using a phonograph. As crowds gathered in Cumberland district, his voice spoke over the church service delivering a final address to miners, mountaineers, and locals who revered him.
The article lists AFFAIRS figures and their plans including Sothern authoring a biography of Moliare, Anthony Trallopo's son publishing a careful life of Moliare, John Jacob Astor owning twenty five automobiles, W K Vanderbilt owning four cars, and Boutwells enabling his daughter to publish his writings. It notes Gov. Cox and Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt era figures, James Henry Smith nicknamed Silent Tim for speaking little in business, Cortelyou as a leading pianist, and a remark about pursuing samba as a possible profession.
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